Legal Opinion

Driver v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided February 1, 1991No. CR-89-1282PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Charles E. Driver, an inmate at Limestone Correctional Facility, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on June 28, 1989. On August 3, 1989, the State filed a motion to dismiss the petition and on June 22, 1990, the circuit court granted the State's motion to dismiss. Driver appeals from the circuit court's denial of his habeas corpus petition.

On January 3, 1989, James L. Yarbrough, a corrections officer, performed an EMIT d.a.u. Cannabinoid Assay test on a urine sample supplied by Driver.1 The specimen tested positive for cannabinoid 50 or marijuana. Driver then entered a substance abuse…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Richard W. Spence v. Hal FarrierCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  5. Wykoff v. ResigDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1985

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Somers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  2. Wood v. State Personnel Bd.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1997
  3. Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  4. Thomas v. McBrideDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1998
  5. Lacey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994

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